https://www.scmp.com/rss/524348/feed The latest news and top stories on Stanley Chan Kwong-chi, a District Judge in Hong Kong. His previous roles included Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions. Appointed District Judge in 2007, he is also a designated judge for national security cases. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Fiona Chow Fiona Chow A Hong Kong court has dropped a charge against the former financial chief of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s flagship media company after he testified for the prosecution against his ex-employer in a fraud trial. The ruling came after the Court of Appeal last week quashed Lai’s fraud conviction for operating a consultancy office from the premises of his now-defunct tabloid newspaper, Apple Daily, finding that the prosecution had failed to prove that the media mogul had made a “false representation” or was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348102/charge-dropped-against-ex-apple-daily-executive-who-turned-prosecution-witness?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348102/charge-dropped-against-ex-apple-daily-executive-who-turned-prosecution-witness?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:33:33 +0000 Fiona Chow Fiona Chow Hong Kong internet couple “Mr and Mrs Ho” still have no legal representatives in a domestic violence dispute that escalated into a criminal case, which has drawn wide public attention and filled the court. The District Court heard on Tuesday that Ho Huen, 77, widely known as Mr Ho, and his 44-year-old wife, Ye Xiuding, known as Mrs Ho, had yet to hire lawyers to defend themselves after being charged in May last year with unlawfully and maliciously wounding each other. Judge Stanley Chan... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3339698/mr-and-mrs-ho-hong-kong-court-unrepresented-assault-case-draws-crowds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3339698/mr-and-mrs-ho-hong-kong-court-unrepresented-assault-case-draws-crowds?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:36:08 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A Hong Kong social worker has been jailed for two years and three months for having sex with an underage girl five times and filming one of the illegal acts. The District Court on Thursday sentenced Wong Lok-tin, 39, for the crimes he committed when the teenager was 13 to 14 years old. The court heard that the father of one was a counsellor at a primary school, responsible for tackling pupils’ emotional and disciplinary problems. He became acquainted with the girl during an extracurricular... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3339237/hong-kong-social-worker-who-had-sex-teenager-jailed-2-years-3-months?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3339237/hong-kong-social-worker-who-had-sex-teenager-jailed-2-years-3-months?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:16:25 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong A Hong Kong couple have been sentenced to 13 and 17 months in jail for providing temporary refuge to four anti-government protesters and helping them hide before the fugitives attempted to flee by boat to Taiwan three years ago. Kindergarten teacher Ng Shuk-wai and her partner, taxi driver Yu Hin-lam, both 27, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to perverting the course of justice by hiding the wanted protesters in hotel rooms and industrial units and providing their daily necessities between November... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3332318/hong-kong-couple-who-hid-aided-4-wanted-protesters-jailed-13-17-months?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3332318/hong-kong-couple-who-hid-aided-4-wanted-protesters-jailed-13-17-months?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:40:30 +0000 Brian Wong Brian Wong The former mother-in-law of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has been jailed for 1½ years for obstructing a police investigation into her son after the model’s murder came to light two years ago. The District Court on Tuesday ruled that Jenny Li Sui-heung, 66, deserved a deterrent sentence for attempting to prevent police from locating Alex Kwong Kong-chi, who was wanted for alleged theft, and persuading Choi’s mother to remain silent about his whereabouts. Judge Stanley Chan... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3330590/ex-mother-law-hong-kongs-abby-choi-jailed-1-1/2-years-obstruction?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3330590/ex-mother-law-hong-kongs-abby-choi-jailed-1-1/2-years-obstruction?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Oct 2025 06:34:37 +0000 Lo Hoi-ying Lo Hoi-ying A Hong Kong district councillor accused of having underage sex was a “dangerous man”, according to the alleged victim, who said she decided to file a police report more than a decade later after she learned he was running for office and felt he could be a threat to other girls. But the defence for Yuen Long district councillor Sei Chun-hing, 37, told the court on Tuesday that the woman, now 28 years old and identified only as X, was instead motivated by an opposition to his political views, a... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3325745/hong-kong-district-councillor-accused-underage-sex-labelled-dangerous-man?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3325745/hong-kong-district-councillor-accused-underage-sex-labelled-dangerous-man?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:31:07 +0000